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"If you were anywhere else out of the US, you were waiting on our product to arrive and your operations were at risk, potentially."
- Gregg Jones CEO EP Minerals whose company sells diatomaceous earth in 100 countries, around the world. Because of the Port of Oakland strike, they were unable to ship overseas to their clients. - Monday, July 13, 2015.
"They can’t cram any more into that space, they’ve got to go somewhere. If there long term decision is to go south then south it is.
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- Mike Kazmierski President EDAWN who says despite protests to the contrary, from UNR, the university will end up moving into the heart of downtown Reno. - Thursday, July 9, 2015.
"A lot of that cost is going to have to be absorbed by everyone in the state.
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- Lee Gibson Executive Director Washoe RTC referring to the $1.3 billion Project Neon on the I 15 in Las Vegas. While Mr. Gibson acknowledges the need, he says taxpayer from Elko to Laughlin and Reno to Ely will have to chip in to help pay for it.
- Wednesday, July 8, 2015.
"It’s a thing where there’s no fire and there’s no smoke. They need to get over that and move on and talk about something real.
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- Rory Reid former Chairman of the Clark County Commission says the knock against Hillary Clinton regarding Benghazi is a product of Fox News and House Republicans and all they have found is that somebody changed some talking points. - Tuesday, July 7, 2015.
"Getting from the airport to the Strip is still just a nightmare
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- David Damore Associate Professor of Political Science UNLV says that in addition to better transportation from the airport to the Strip, Las Vegas also needs a more centrally located major events center. Both hopefully funded, in part, by the Legislature. The events center could potentially be funded by the Live Entertainment Tax (Luxury Tax). - Monday, July 6, 2015.
"People are very angry. Very disappointed.
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- Amy Tarkanian, former Chair of the Nevada Republican Party who says that Governor Sandoval and the Republican legislators who voted for the new taxes, lied to their constituents, according to what she heard at recent Clark County Republican Central Committee meeting. - Thursday, July 2, 2015.
"You would never tell, with Gary Loveman, that you’ve got a company that’s in chapter 11 with all this debt."
- Howard Stutz, Gaming Correspondent LVRJ says that the now Chairman of Caesars Entertainment is very relaxed, very comfortable despite the company’s efforts to divest itself of 10 billion dollar’s worth of debt. - Wednesday, July 1, 2015.
"No grower has actually broken ground and got the plants up and running.
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- State Senator Tick Segerblom pointing out that medical marijuana stores are ready to start selling but there is no source yet, for the plants, in Nevada so they have nothing to sell. - Tuesday, June 30, 2015.
"From a business perspective, gross taxes are not good policy.
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- Carole Vilardo President Nevada Taxpayers Association who says that government and recipients of the revenue from the new Commerce Tax are the beneficiaries of what she calls bad tax policy. - Monday, June 29, 2015.
"Had they worked with the Governor and made their case they may have been in a better position.
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- Alfredo Alonso, Lewis and Roca, talking about the Auto Dealers.
Liz McMenamin of the Retail Association of Nevada provided a rebuttal later in the program saying the Auto Dealers had been at the table with the Retailers and others, saying that they weren’t against raising taxes but they were against a gross receipts tax. - Thursday, June 18, 2015.
"The hit in our industry is going to be to the employees.
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- Wayne Frediani President NFADA who says there are going to be layoffs at the auto dealers due to the new Commerce Tax.
- Wednesday, June 17, 2015.
"And that’s a valid complaint
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- Marsha Berkbigler, Chairwoman Washoe County Commission, who says that complaints about the lengthy permitting process in Washoe County will hopefully be resolved by the hiring of a coordinator, to hand hold businesses through the process, in a timely fashion. - Tuesday, June 16, 2015.
"It was more a gross receipts or gross revenues tax than margins, to be technical about it.
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- Assemblyman Pat Hickey who says he was willing to raise taxes from the start if the Republicans got some of their reforms passed. He felt, in several instances that occurred this session. - Monday, June 15, 2015.
"Yes, I think there is a movement nationwide, internationally, to allow people to end their own life. I am not part of that."
- State Senator Joe Hardy who is against the Death with Dignity movement. He feels that as a doctor himself he wants to focus on treating the patient and not allowing them to choose their own time of their demise. - Thursday, May 28, 2015.
"It’s the irony of making government small enough to fit in your uterus.
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- Elisa Cafferata, Planned Parenthood fighting against the parental notification bill regarding abortion and making the point that some of the conservative legislators promoting AB 405 would fight against what they perceive as the nanny state.
- Wednesday, May 27, 2015.
"Some of them were absolutely astounded. Some were absolutely furious. (referring to the committee members).
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- Susan Fisher VP Government Affairs McDonald Carano referring to the tepid support the CEO of the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce, Kristen McMillan, gave to Governor Sandoval’s Plan B tax plan, in front of Assembly Ways and Means and Senate Finance. - Tuesday, May 26, 2015.
